Hello
As you know, Linux has pretty good documentation on what filesystems support trim. Windows does not. Looking at the Wikipedia entry at the time of writing states that "TRIM is known to be supported for ReFS and NTFS, both of which implement a DisableDeleteNotify switch for disabling it.[47] Sources disagree on whether TRIM support exists for other filesystems." I confirmed the DisableDeleteNotify switch doesn't work on exFAT or FAT(32) volumes.
Let's answer TRIM support for other filesystems. (TLDR: Windows does not support TRIM on other filesystems) So how do you test TRIM for exFAT or FAT32?
- Windows (I used Windows 11 23H2)
- Linux (can all be run on live USB. I used Ubuntu 24.04.1 live USB)
- A partition formatted as exFAT or FAT(32) on a drive with deterministic TRIM support
Let's focus on the last requirement. We will need Linux to test TRIM support first. Running `